The US and other countries learned from the Nazi V 2 rocket program
Short bio on famous German rocket scientist who helped pioneer our space program Werner Von Braun
Sputnik: The first man made satellite sent into space by the USSR in 1957. This jumpstarted NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) which was founded in 1958.
Read about the history of NASA (October, 1958)
Joseph Kittinger..Mr. Johnson's hero Read more about Joseph Kittinger here and the man who broke Kittinger's record on 10/14/12 here Jump from space Wikipedia article: Joe Kittinger
President JFK's famous speech inspiring us to go to the moon.
Read the transcript of President Kennedy's famous We choose to go to the moon speech here.
The successful landing on the moon July 20,1969 Apollo 11
Short bio on famous German rocket scientist who helped pioneer our space program Werner Von Braun
Sputnik: The first man made satellite sent into space by the USSR in 1957. This jumpstarted NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) which was founded in 1958.
Read about the history of NASA (October, 1958)
Joseph Kittinger..Mr. Johnson's hero
Read more about Joseph Kittinger here and the man who broke Kittinger's record on 10/14/12 here Jump from space Wikipedia article: Joe Kittinger
President JFK's famous speech inspiring us to go to the moon.
Read the transcript of President Kennedy's famous We choose to go to the moon speech here.
The successful landing on the moon July 20,1969 Apollo 11